What would tax cuts mean for public services?
Conservative leadership candidates have promised to slash tax but have neglected to discuss funding for the NHS, schools and social…
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Wealth in the UK has surged but wealth taxes have not
Since 1980 wealth in the UK has risen by 174 per cent but wealth tax revenue has risen by just…
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Leader: The great moving right show
Rather than advancing a new vision for the country, the Tory candidates are taking refuge in outdated orthodoxies.
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Why the Tories don’t care about deficits anymore
Today’s leadership contenders barely mention the thing that dominated British politics for a decade.
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Tory leadership candidates’ zeal for tax cuts could cost the UK billions
Conservative contenders are forgetting that the government stimulates the economy by spending.
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How a UK corporation tax rate of 15 per cent would compare globally
The proposal by Tory leadership candidates would leave the UK with the lowest corporate tax rate in the G20.
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The Tory leadership candidates are desperately short of new ideas
Free-market dogma is no solution to the UK’s living standards crisis.
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Who will hold Rishi Sunak accountable for taxpayers’ missing £11bn?
Interest rate rises have had the unintended effect of draining the public purse.
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“We’d all do it if we could” is no defence of Rishi Sunak’s wife
It's a moot point — barely anyone in the UK can afford the sort of tricksy accountant required to avoid…
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Revealed: tax-free allowances to surpass Universal Credit incomes
Tax-free allowances for middle and higher earners will have more cash-value than payments made to those out of work receiving…
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Why Rishi Sunak refused a windfall tax on oil and gas companies
The UK Chancellor has opted to listen to Big Oil and ignore consumer and climate concerns.
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Britain’s second empire: how London became an oligarchs’ playground
The UK has been cultivating a reputation as a gateway to the offshore world since the end of its territorial…
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National Insurance has become the stealth tax of choice
The main NI rate is set to rise to 13.25 per cent having stood at just 5.5 per cent in…
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The right-wing press is guilty of hypocrisy on Harry and Meghan’s “tax haven”
Anyone having a pop at the Sussexes for forming companies in Delaware might want to check their own accounts.
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Ann Pettifor on why the rich must be first to pay for the climate crisis
The economist and author of the Green New Deal talks money, men and malpractice.
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How the UK leads the world in tax abuse
The UK leads the OECD in its contribution to global tax loss, inflicting $68.2bn of annual tax loss on other…
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The best way to boost economic growth is to reverse hard Brexit
Brexit is forecast to do twice as much permanent damage to the economy as Covid. But this self-inflicted wound can…
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High hopes meet harsh realities at the G20 in Rome
Key leaders stayed away and firm commitments on climate change were thin on the ground at this weekend's summit, ahead…
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The UK tax burden is still low compared with most Western countries
Even after recent tax rises, Britain is still more lightly taxed than most major EU countries.
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George Osborne places tax cuts at the centre of the Conservative agenda.
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